Location of the most recent breach into Malifaux, Latest area to be occupied by the forces of Cryx, Stronghold of the Dark Legion, Homeworld of the 'Night Reapers' Space Marine Chapter, Council of Seven allocated Deadzone and the lair of some opinionated git called GMort who they let hang out with them...when he's not distracted by Steampunk, Gothic culture or Cosplay...

Friday, 30 September 2016

The Carrion Emissary box contains enough parts for one miniature...namely the Carrion Emissary. It also contains a stat card for him and several upgrade cards.

Carrion Emissary - Sprue

The box has one sprue in it as well as the aforementioned cards. Here's pictures of both sides of it...

Carrion Emissary - Stat and Upgrade Cards

Wyrd Games didn't like my publishing pictures of both sides of the stat cards so you'll have to make do with this...and the upgrade cards...which only have one side anyway...

Should there be any assembly issues with the model then they will be listed in the appropriate section and you can view larger versions of the smaller pictures or instruction pictures by clicking on them.

Carrion Emissary - Instructions

Some General Notes on Assembly.

Many of these models contain quite small parts so depending on how dexterous you are you might consider getting yourself some tweezers. Dry-fitting is also always a good idea in case a part needs a tiny bit of extra filing or filling as some of the fits are quite tight. Where the parts on the sprue are quite thin (chains, weapon shafts, cables and the like) then it might be better to remove parts with a sharp scalpel rather than cutters.

Carrion Emissary - Assembled

The lower part of the body is in two halves as is the upper body. The Scythe is slightly in the way of the curved extra cloak piece (with the syringes on it) and the separate hacksaw so you may want to attach these before adding the upper body though you can still get to them if the upper body is already on...it's just easier without.

You should put the (assembled) head in-between the upper body sections before gluing the body as the attaching piece is slightly angled and is a tight fit otherwise. Failing that you can also just cut off the tab and glue the head onto the neck directly.

The three part skull is a tiny bit fiddly to put together and the tiny 'wires' that align with the hand are easier to attach if you haven't put the wings on first as the right one does get in the way a bit.

Carrion Emissary - Comparison Picture and Rotating View

Here's a couple of comparison pictures between the Carrion Emissary and the Carrion Effigies as well as a rotating view.

The week before Essen (October 7-10), the Chaosium team, sans Mike but including Sandy Petersen, will be at at Schloss Neuhausen, a Prussian Château outside Berlin for The Kraken, "the baroque gathering of international gamers". Other special guests include Jason Durall, Ian Brumby and Robin Laws.

The Plains of Prax!

This iconic map, well-remembered from RuneQuest 2, and William's Church's paired map of Dragon Pass, are now available as posters, wall art and more at our Chaosium Redbubble store. Along with classic RuneQuest covers, like the infamous "At last I'll be able to afford some clothes!" cover of Plunder:

We keep adding more art, maps, classic covers and more to our Redbubble store, where you can also get t-shirts, mugs, tote bags and other cool stuff. And if you "follow"Chaosium on Redbubble, you'll find out first when we add new stuff, or when Redbubble have one of their frequent sale days.

Licensee Focus: Stygian Fox

Taking its inspirational cues from Sherlock Holmes, Ripper Street, Auguste Dupin, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, and The Incendiary's Trail, our friends Stygian Fox's are bringing out a licensed sourcebook for Cthulhu by Gaslight. Hudson and Brand takes a mature look at the horror of Mythos machinations and the many dark corners in the seat of empire.

Investigators get a ready made base from which to operate; the offices of the inquiry agents Hudson & Brand (missing, presumed dead). Inside there's plans of the lodgings and office, case notes, NPCs, pregenerated characters, maps, and an adventure into the dark underbelly of London! God Save The Queen!

Licensee Focus: Weird 8

A 1920s horror Call of Cthulhu RPG scenario set in New England with ancient magics, unbridled ambition & a new take on an old god.

With just over a week to go, our newest licensee Weird 8's Sun Spots Kickstarterpassed a major milestone at $10K, meaning the scenario now comes with 1920s-style visitor's guide handout.

Sun Spots was originally going to be a project for the late Keith Herber, Chaosium's celebrated Call of Cthulhu line editor. Dave Sokolowski is going all out to make this something 'Doc' would have been proud of. It's definitely worth checking out:http://kck.st/2d1Wg1m

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It is planned to be informal and irregular. We are, after all, not the Orderium.

Players will have an opportunity to Rainbow Draft and have a shot at winning limited edition alternate art cards! Just for participating, everyone will receive a Strahd: Master of Ravenloft card and die for use in Dice Masters!*